Homes Board 29th March 2018

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Consultation on: Local Plan Review Urban Living SPD

Local Plan Review

The Bristol Local Plan Review will update existing policies for deciding planning applications, guiding development in the city over the next twenty years, building a better Bristol. The reviewed Local Plan will help deliver the new homes and jobs we need, shape our city for the future and safeguard the environmental assets we value most.

We are asking for views on changes to the Bristol Local Plan which will help to deliver our goals by guiding the approach to new development. The proposals have a focus on delivering new homes. The Local Plan review can be found here. The results of the consultation will feed into a draft plan which will be consulted on in October this year prior to formal consideration by Full Council and submission to the Secretary of state for examination during 2019. This will contain detailed policies and will identify sites for development. Further consultation on the emerging Local Plan will take place in October this year,

A consultation on a new Urban Living SPD is also underway. The SPD has been prepared to replace the Tall Buildings SPD. The Urban Living document supports a significant increase in new and affordable homes in Bristol by encouraging the best use of land through more concentrated building and welcoming high quality taller buildings in the right places ensuring the delivery of quality places for communities now and in the future. The Urban Living SPD can be found here. The SPD provides detail guidance in relation to existing Local Plan policy and a new Urban Living policy in the Bristol Local Plan.

The Urban Living SPD is expected to be considered by Cabinet in September this year.

Consultation on both the Local Plan review and the Urban Living SPD will close on 13th April.